 A little more than a year later, in the early months of 1832, Te Rauparaha returned to the attack.This time his purpose was to destroy Kaiapoi.Embarking a force of more than 600 men at Kapiti, he took his fleet of war canoes to the mouth of the Waipara River, and then marched quickly down the coast to Kaiapoi, hoping to take the pā by surprise.